Amusement-slide.



W. S. TOTHILL. AMUSEMENT SLIDE. wruoyrmn PILBD JULY 8, 190a.

Patented Jan. 12, 1909.

W. S. TOTHILL. AMUSEMENT SLIDE.

APPLIGATIOH FILED JULY 8, 190a.

Patented Jan. 12, 1909.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. ILLIA ILLINOIS.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Jail. is, 1909.

Application filed. July 8., 1908.. Serial lie-$42,600.

that at which Fig. 3 is taken, and likewise a showing parts Fig. 6 is a detail, being a section on lined-+6 of Fig. 5. Referring to the several figures of the. drawings, in which corresponding parts, are; indicated by like reference characters:.11;Q,,;, a; indicates the usual well-braced standard suprgi; porting the upper end of the slide proper, ofreli ordinary step-ladder construction, the c step of which is indicated by 1 1. 1

d12 indicates theordinary guard at each, s1 e.-

13 indicates the. slide proper, supported at 1570 its lower end by a frame 14, or in any other, suitable manner. In the construction shown, the frame 14is rigidly attached in an'ysuit-n er. able mannertothe under side of the slide 113,};

The parts so far described are of ordinary-{7 5 construction and form no part of my present invention, and are therefore not describedin; detail. a j, .11., Referring now to the means for attaching, the upper end of the slide 13 to the standard 10, 15 indicates a metal plate, terminating at"; one end in a rod 16 screw-threaded at its end. 'l'he plate 15 in theconstruction shown is $011,: 12 cured to the stepll by means oi bolts 17". As shown in rigs. 3 and 4, the rod 16 andfifi late 15 are at an angle to eachother,'so that; said rod 16 is inclined downward from said: ste i ..=1: b uitably attached to the under side of the To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM S. TOTHILL, a citizen of the United States, residin at Chicago, in the county of Cook, State oflllinois, have invented certain new and useful 1mrovements in Amusement-Slides, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

1 his invention relates to improvements in amusement slides and particularly to the means for attaching the slide proper at the upper end thereof to the supporting standard or frame. it has been customary to make the slide proper of these devices of wood,- l preferably of hard wood,and highly pollslled. it is in such cases of course necessary to protect such surfaces from the weather in one way or another, and this has been accomplished by making the upper end of the slide proper detachable from its support so that the slide might be disconnected and placed in an inverted position. To attain this end, hooks have been provided for the upper end of the slide proper which have engaged a rod passing transversely across the support for said upper end. 'lhe work of attaching or detachim the slide from its support has required at least two men, the det vice being necessarily made quite heavy to get the required strength. i It is the object of this invention to provide im roved means for attaching the heavy Slit e to'its support, which attaching means I may be as perfectly safe and durable as the old i slide 13 at its upper end is 8,.blO0kWh1Qh 111 ,90 attaching means, and by the use of which the the construction shown is composed OftWQ-m slide proper may be rendered capable of beparts 18 and l9,preferablyof wood,

ing turned over by one person without trouthrough one end of which block 183-19. lw

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ble. 1 accomplish this object by the means bored a hole through which therod 16 passes. shown in the drawings and hereinafter spei Upon the screw-threaded end ofthe rod 164e,; Q5 eiiically described. then placed a nut 20, by. means of which, the

slide 13 may be drawn up as close to the step I 11 as may be desired. As a precau ion against the nuts being accidentally removed, rovide a hole through the rod 16 below through said W hat l claim to be new will be pointed out in the claims.

in the accompanying drawings :-Figure 1 is a perspective view of the complete appa- I ratus. ig. 2 is a perspective view of the said nut and pass a cotter 21 same apparatus with the slide proper and its hole. lower support inverted. Fig. 3 is an en- Near the end of the step 11 o posrtethat largcd detail, being a longitudinal section to which the plate 15 is attache there 15 sethrough the upper portion of the slide cured to the under side of said step 11 a taproper, and showing some of the parts of the pered block 22 and metal plate 2 whlch standard that sup iorts said upper end. serves as a rest for the slide 13, being secure Fig. i is an enlarged detail, being a )erspecin placein the construction shown by means tivc view of the connecting part 3 own in 01 olts 24. The plate 23 1s given a slight. Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail, being a bend at the edge of the block 22 so that the longitudinal section through the upper porlower end of said plate has the same inclination of the slide proper at the side opposite tion as that of the rod 16. With the sl de 13 of the supporting standard;

in the position shown in Fig. 5, it is seen that the part 19 of the block 1819 rests securely upon said plate 23 at the side of the slide 13 opposite that supiprorted by the rod 16 To hold said slide 13 mly in position, I provide a clamp in connection with the plate 23. Near the lower end of said plate belowthe block 18-19, is provided a hand-lever 25, one end of which is curved, as shown in Fig. 5, to bring its end in register with the under side of the part 18 of the block 18-19, which part 18 is cut away, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, to permit the curved end of the hand-lever evident that when t to be moved over the part 19 of the block 1819, thus holding the slide 13 to which said block is attached firmly in position on said rest 23. From the foregoin description, it will be e,slide is in use, the parts will be very securely held in place, and that when it is desired to cease using the slide it is a very little matter to turn the hand-lever 25 to free it from the block 18-19 and to take hold of the lower end of the slide and turn the slide and standard 14 over on the pivot rod 16. The slide is provided with a curve at 26 which 'is so proportioned with re lation'to the hei ht of the standard 14 and a the inclination o the slide 13 that, with the slide 13in inverted osition and-with the end thereof resting on t 0 ground, the upper end of the slide has the same inclination as when in normal position read for'use, so that the turning of the slide on t epivot rod 16 is accorn lished easily and without undue strain on t e ap aratus. 7 While have described the arts 15 and 23 asmetal plates, it will be un erstood that that ismerely the way I prefer to embody my invention, and I do not restrict myself to that particular construction. Nor do I restrict myself. to a block com osed of two I ieces 18 and 19 attached to t e under surace of me slide 13, as any other desired construction may be-used.

My Invention includes generically the subject-matter of the broader claims and is not restricted to the details of construction shown" except as hereinafter specifically,

claimed in detail.

So far as I am aware, no one in the art has heretofore provided a construction in which the slide has been adapted to be turned or .end, and a pivot rod secured rotated transversely while still connected to the su port for the purpose of invertin it, and t is feature is accordingly claimed broadly. I

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent isz- '1. In an amusement slide, the combination of a support and an inclined slide connected therewith and adapted to be inverted transversely while still connected to said support.

2. The combination of a slide curved at one end, a standard secured to the under side of said slide near the curved end thereof, a relatively higher support for the other end of said slide, and a pivotal connection between the upper end of said slide and said support ada ted to permit said slide to be turned on a ongitudinal axis.

3. The combination of an inclined slide, a support 'for the upper end thereof, means pivotally connecting the upper end of said slide at one side with said support, a rest on said support-for the other side of said slide at its upper end, and, means for holding said slide in contact with said rest.

4. The combination with an inclined slide, a support for the upper end fiiereof, a block secured to said slide at its upper end, said block having an opening through it near one to said support at one side thereof and entering said opening, of means for preventing pivotal movement of the slide on said rod.

5. The combination with an inclined slide, a support for the u per end thereof, and a pivotal connection hetween said slide and said support, of a block secured to the under side of said slide at its upper end, a rest secured to said support for said slide at one side of the pivota connection, a hand-lever pivoted to said rest below said block, and a shoulder on said block ads. ted to be engaged by one end of said handever to lock said slide on said rest.

6. The combination with a support, and an inclined slide, of a pivot rod connecting said slide and said su port, said pivot rod extending longitudinally of the slide.

WILLIAM S. TOTHILL.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM H. DE BUsK, WILLIAM A. FURNNER. 

